Daily Opener When was the Cold War? How can a

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Daily Opener When was the Cold War? How can a war be cold? DO Describe Stalin. Objectives The student: Is able to create a timeline of early Cold War events. Is able to define and explain early Cold War events. Is able to synthesize primary source information to draw conclusions about Cold War events. Agenda Daily Opener Daily News Clip Timeline Review Flashcards – Quizlet Cold War Notes and Questions Video Clip ? Quizlet –Games & Test Analyze Primary Sources Writing Assignment CNN Student News Clip Answer Questions on Handout. The Cold War 1945-1991 Cold War 1945 Cram for Test! What is the United Nations? Daily Opener United Nations International organization where countries try to find peaceful solutions United States Capitalism Free market economy Soviet Union Communism Collective ownership The “Iron Curtain” From Stettin in the Balkans, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lies the ancient capitals of Central and Eastern Europe. -- Sir Winston Churchill, 1946 Truman Doctrine The Truman Doctrine in March 1947 promised that the USA “would support free peoples who are resisting” communism. This led to containment – policy of containing communism where it is. Truman Doctrine [1947] “The U. S. should support free peoples throughout the world who were resisting takeovers by armed minorities or outside pressures…We must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.” Marshall Plan [1948] “European Recovery Program.” Secretary of State, George Marshall The U. S. should provide aid to all European nations that need it. This move is not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Extended to Eastern Europe & USSR but they rejected it. Why? The Arms Race: The Soviet Union exploded its first A-bomb in 1949. Now there were two nuclear superpowers! Which countries have used the atomic bomb on an enemy? US.73 Describe the competition between the two “superpowers” of the United States and the Soviet Union in the areas of arms development, economic dominance, and ideology, including the role and location of NATO, SEATO, and the Warsaw Pact. (C, E, H, P) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) United States Belgium Britain Canada Denmark France Iceland Italy Luxemburg Netherlands Norway Portugal 1952: Greece & Turkey 1955: West Germany 1983: Spain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGc3v56_ZZY What will the Soviet Union do in response to the creation of NATO? Warsaw Pact